Mick Hartley

I try to remain reasonable in an unreasonable world. But if one more politician resorts to the "both sides… baffled at toxicity… culture war" rhetoric I may go postal. In the last few years I have:

– fought through hostile crowd to get to Brighton meeting, been struck on…

— Kathleen Stock (@Docstockk) June 25, 2024

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In full:

I try to remain reasonable in an unreasonable world. But if one more politician resorts to the "both sides… baffled at toxicity… culture war" rhetoric I may go postal. In the last few years I have:

– fought through hostile crowd to get to Brighton meeting, been struck on back of head as I entered, with protestors kicking the windows til our ears rang
– co-organised a research event on lesbian life (nothing to do with trans) where protestors closed the road outside, set off smoke bombs
– spoke at Cambridge Union, where every time I spoke, protestors drummed louder to drown me out, and where a male transactivist covertly infiltrated my own debate team in order to then denounce me to audience
– had protestor glue herself to floor in front of me at Oxford
– had masked men come to my workplace every day making threats and harassing me til I resigned.
– now require extra security for every public appearance I do
– have been verbally abused in the street by total strangers several times.

Please do tell me, with evidence, how I personally have contributed to this "toxic" state of affairs, other than not shutting up and not going away? I am deeply interested to find out the answer.